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-- hurricane sandy supplemental. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection. ms. mikulski: the clerk will report? officer stir ththe presiding ofr the bill has been reported. ms. mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. the chamber will come to order. please carry your conversations outside the chamber. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i'd like to give a sense of the order of amendments so senators may plan their time. so if we could ask for order. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. ms. mikulski: we're now back on the supplemental bill, and we have great cooperation in getting the pending amendments and debate done this evening, so that we could actually start voting this morning. so that senators can have an understanding of how we'll start our work this evening, i want to lay out a bit of the schedule. this is not a unanimous consent request. it's kind of an outline. our intention is to have the following amendments called up after i yield the fl
-- hurricane sandy supplemental. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection. ms. mikulski: the clerk will report? officer stir ththe presiding ofr the bill has been reported. ms. mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. the chamber will come to order. please carry your conversations outside the chamber. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i'd like to give a sense of the order of amendments so senators may plan their time. so if we could ask for...
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but it's not just hurricane sandy. we've had a record number last year of disasters around the country. so yes, there's some money in this bill for other disasters, and if we have to increase or decrease that sum to accommodate some of the interest of the members, we're going to have to do so. to get help not only to the northeast but to other areas of the country as well. senators from north dakota that experienced terrible flooding, we were a little bit short on sending money to them, perhaps we should fix that in this bill. there have been some agriculture areas that have been very hard hit. we should fix that in this bill. americans that pay taxes and expect when they have catastrophic disasters for to us step up, i think that's a good expectation and i think it's a very fair expectation. mr. president, when this country went to war over a decade ago, we didn't pay for the $1.4 billion that it took to secure this nation from an outside threat. sometimes threats come right to our front door. and we've got to be will
but it's not just hurricane sandy. we've had a record number last year of disasters around the country. so yes, there's some money in this bill for other disasters, and if we have to increase or decrease that sum to accommodate some of the interest of the members, we're going to have to do so. to get help not only to the northeast but to other areas of the country as well. senators from north dakota that experienced terrible flooding, we were a little bit short on sending money to them, perhaps...
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a very small amount compared to sandy but significant still for those affected. nationwide, the financial consequences of weather-related disasters and climate change hit an historic new high last year. u.s. disasters cost over $55 billion in damages. federal, state and local governments are paying out more every year in damages and lost productivity, so the question, then, is, as we as a government, what are we going to do about this? is this a new normal? the insurance and defense sectors have looked at the scientific data. they are changing their operations. they are preparing for the worst and even bigger losses. insurance commissioners in california, new york and washington now require companies to disclose how they are working to plot the effects of climate change and their responses. congress may be in denial but the real world, the private sector, is not. and as the government is the ultimate insurer of millions of americans in the crop insurance and national flood insurance programs, we have to get serious about addressing the cause and effects of climat
a very small amount compared to sandy but significant still for those affected. nationwide, the financial consequences of weather-related disasters and climate change hit an historic new high last year. u.s. disasters cost over $55 billion in damages. federal, state and local governments are paying out more every year in damages and lost productivity, so the question, then, is, as we as a government, what are we going to do about this? is this a new normal? the insurance and defense sectors...
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president, when hurricane sandy struck, hundreds -- when hurricane sandy struck the northeast, hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people were without power. we all saw the video footage, we saw the terrible trauma and people are still trying to dig out from underneath the debris of hurricane sandy. during that period of time, hundreds of workers drove up from the south wanting to help. these workers were nonunionized and they were turned away. this was a sad day for our country that nonunion workers were not allowed to participate in the cleanup and were asked to join a union before they would be accepted as workers. i think it's a mistake to politicize things like this, particularly at a time of an emergency. so what i've asked for and what my amendment would do would be to allow an exemption to davis-bacon. davis-bacon is a federal law that requires that we not have competitive bidding on federal projects. what happens is, on federal projects the wages are fixed at a union scale wage, and there is not a competitive bidding for wages. so what i've asked is that we suspend that a
president, when hurricane sandy struck, hundreds -- when hurricane sandy struck the northeast, hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people were without power. we all saw the video footage, we saw the terrible trauma and people are still trying to dig out from underneath the debris of hurricane sandy. during that period of time, hundreds of workers drove up from the south wanting to help. these workers were nonunionized and they were turned away. this was a sad day for our country that...
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already chopping before hurricane sandy came along. but where he really did engage a bunch of voters that had not been seen, but the debate the sort of the first positive experience they had considering romney. it really put the race in play, but sort of not quite enough. i'm going to talk about that more in a couple minutes. but the sacred being, i feel good about how he looked at it. one of the things in the senate and we still have a couple of outstanding races, but what seems to have happened if there were 10 tossup races and if they come down to what is that, montana and north dakota, if they both go democratic, then democrats will have won nine out of the 10 tossup races. if you go through a public incumbent democrats will win seven out of 10. it just goes to reinforce something we are at a new and we talked a little bit about before the election. that is when you get down to the last group of tossup senate races, they never break down the middle. they tend to break even in non-way years. they tend to drink two thirds one-way, on
already chopping before hurricane sandy came along. but where he really did engage a bunch of voters that had not been seen, but the debate the sort of the first positive experience they had considering romney. it really put the race in play, but sort of not quite enough. i'm going to talk about that more in a couple minutes. but the sacred being, i feel good about how he looked at it. one of the things in the senate and we still have a couple of outstanding races, but what seems to have...
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as i said, i saw that damage up close for hurricane sandy. weather disasters have destroyed millions of acres of farmland and affected millions of families in every state and corner of this country. we're considering a disaster bill today. the farm bill is a disaster bill because it not only has disaster assistance, but it creates five-year certainty for our growers, who deserve it. they deserve to know what's going to be happening. they deserve to know so they can go into their bank, they can talk about their financing for the coming crop year and be able to plan as well as get immediate help. now, i support passing a disaster bill. and agriculture should be a part of this. but it's not enough. we need to do that and we need to have a five-year farm bill in order to create the certainty that we need. we have spent so much time focusing on how we move forward with agriculture today and create the right kind of risk management tools for the future, and i'm very proud of what we've been able to do. and we in agriculture, the committees have als
as i said, i saw that damage up close for hurricane sandy. weather disasters have destroyed millions of acres of farmland and affected millions of families in every state and corner of this country. we're considering a disaster bill today. the farm bill is a disaster bill because it not only has disaster assistance, but it creates five-year certainty for our growers, who deserve it. they deserve to know what's going to be happening. they deserve to know so they can go into their bank, they can...
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sandy caused a whopping storm surge. that's the column of water that is formed by the winds and the pressure system of a major system. that surge peaked at about five and a half feet in newport, rhode island, less than the 9 1/2 in lower manhattan but still significant. at the newport tide gauge, mean sea level is up 10 inches. mean sea level is up ten inches from our devastating hurricane of 1938 and this extra ten inches of sea level increased sandy's storm surge but at least that amount and experts predict sea level rise will continue up to three to five feet more in rhode island by the end of the century. if we do not recognize the need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and to prepare our infrastructure for climate change, future superstorms will be even more damaging than hurricane sandy. hurricane sandy was in some respects a preview of coming attractions. by 2100, the ocean will sit higher, be warmer, and feed more moisture and heat into storms. in addition, the oceans will be far more acidic but that's for a
sandy caused a whopping storm surge. that's the column of water that is formed by the winds and the pressure system of a major system. that surge peaked at about five and a half feet in newport, rhode island, less than the 9 1/2 in lower manhattan but still significant. at the newport tide gauge, mean sea level is up 10 inches. mean sea level is up ten inches from our devastating hurricane of 1938 and this extra ten inches of sea level increased sandy's storm surge but at least that amount and...
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the global warming climate change contributes to the size of sandy is contributed by hurricane sandy. >> host: all right, robert commenting on the last question for the viewers whether or not it was a freak storm or climate change. let me throw in a maverick tweet. mr. wilson, i've been hearing a lot about this since a data company owned by bain capital october surprise. are you familiar with this? >> guest: i'm not. as i said earlier, any new revelations i don't think are going to change the race at this point. they are sort of cooked in. what they need -- the atmosphere rex that exist today are very likely to exist next tuesday. i don't really see a lot of things changing unless somebody does something really dramatic and i don't know, if somebody does something incredibly stupid, then this race will change, but i just don't see that happening right now. by the way, one quick word that i remember somebody talking about the early vote. pennsylvania is a state that you can go into very late. and the reason they are starting to advertise in pennsylvania so late is because there is no e
the global warming climate change contributes to the size of sandy is contributed by hurricane sandy. >> host: all right, robert commenting on the last question for the viewers whether or not it was a freak storm or climate change. let me throw in a maverick tweet. mr. wilson, i've been hearing a lot about this since a data company owned by bain capital october surprise. are you familiar with this? >> guest: i'm not. as i said earlier, any new revelations i don't think are going to...
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, superstorm sandy. it was the largest atlantic hurricane on record, claiming more than 100 lives and the second costliest. the cleanup in my home state of rhode island and across the east coast, i nomos agonizingly in new york and new jersey, is still under way. this week in the senate, we're working to approve a $60 billion aid package which will help restore that damage. let me step aside of my climate remarks and just speak for one minute to that, because as we consider the supplemental appropriations bill, long-term mitigation must be part of this discussion. we shouldn't replace and rebuild what was damaged just as it was. we need to replace and rebuild smarter. sandy is a preview of what is to come. infrastructure that failed or flooded should be replaced to higher standards. at-risk roads, waste water treatment plants and other utilities need to be relocated to safer places. if disaster strikes, as it has, and we don't plan ahead, as we're being urged not to, we will squander federal dollars. a 2
, superstorm sandy. it was the largest atlantic hurricane on record, claiming more than 100 lives and the second costliest. the cleanup in my home state of rhode island and across the east coast, i nomos agonizingly in new york and new jersey, is still under way. this week in the senate, we're working to approve a $60 billion aid package which will help restore that damage. let me step aside of my climate remarks and just speak for one minute to that, because as we consider the supplemental...
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that criteria excluded funding not related to sandy. now, there is -- there is a long list of requests out there for previous disasters, mitigation was for future disasters that may or may not come. so on mitigation we said, let's set that aside for later deliberation. on nonrelated issues such as cleaning up tsunami debris on the west coast, those -- those expenditures put in this $60.4 billion proposal by the administration and brought to this senate floor, if it's not related directly to this storm, let's set those aside for the procedures that is it was being dealt with before sandy occurred or put those procedures in place to deal with it -- to deal with it afterward. so unrelated items and unsubstantiated items, those where all the facts weren't in, where these were estimates that had not been certified and not substantiated in a way that i think gives us the -- puts us into a position to make the correct decisions in terms of going forward. and so under that criteria, we came up with a proposal that totals -- it's a little bit of
that criteria excluded funding not related to sandy. now, there is -- there is a long list of requests out there for previous disasters, mitigation was for future disasters that may or may not come. so on mitigation we said, let's set that aside for later deliberation. on nonrelated issues such as cleaning up tsunami debris on the west coast, those -- those expenditures put in this $60.4 billion proposal by the administration and brought to this senate floor, if it's not related directly to...
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because i, i'm sure that storms such as sandy are becoming more and more common place, unfortunately, and we don't want a rep -- repetition of what just happened in the northeast. >> host: now, we've heard from the wireless industry earlier that they were relatively pleased with how their networks operated and how the wireless services continued during sandy. >> guest: well, i would like to hear from them, and i think that's why a hearing would be so important. you know, again, this is not to point fingers at anybody. obviously, the telecommune cases industry was -- telecommunications industry was knee deep in this, literally, and they can perhaps enlighten us as to what went right, what went wrong. obviously, all wasn't hunky dory. there were so many people that lost power, and is that something that could not be prevented? is it something that if we changed certain things might be prevented in the future? you know, last summer a storm knocked out 911 in the east coast. these things are becoming more and more commonplace. so what a hearing would do would allow us to investigate the r
because i, i'm sure that storms such as sandy are becoming more and more common place, unfortunately, and we don't want a rep -- repetition of what just happened in the northeast. >> host: now, we've heard from the wireless industry earlier that they were relatively pleased with how their networks operated and how the wireless services continued during sandy. >> guest: well, i would like to hear from them, and i think that's why a hearing would be so important. you know, again, this...
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the firehouse in sandy hook was where parents went to find out if their children were okay. the way they found out was that their children appeared or they didn't, and after a while, some of the children came, some were reunited with their parents there or at the school, and their parents took them home, and others did not. i will live forever with the sights and sounds of those parents as they emerged from the firehouse. the cries and sobbing, the cries of grief and anguish, the look on those faces. the murder -- murderer blasted his sayway no the elementary school in sandy hook armed with a bushmaster a return 15, a 10-millimeter gridlock missile and a 9-millimeter and a multiple magazines filled with ten, 15, 30 rounds, hundreds of rounds that he used in an execution-style massacre. wayne carver, who is the state medical examiner for connecticut, has been in that job for more than 30 years. he has seen it all. but he has said he's seen nothing like this ever. 20 small bodies ripped apart, executed, en masse. so there's no question that evil came to newtown, as governor mo
the firehouse in sandy hook was where parents went to find out if their children were okay. the way they found out was that their children appeared or they didn't, and after a while, some of the children came, some were reunited with their parents there or at the school, and their parents took them home, and others did not. i will live forever with the sights and sounds of those parents as they emerged from the firehouse. the cries and sobbing, the cries of grief and anguish, the look on those...
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tuesdays, thank you gates testifies in front of the house transportation committee on the hurricane sandy response and recovery. we are learning what lessons can be learned from it. see his remarks at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. wednesday, more from mr. craig fugate eight. abel testified in response and recovery of the storm, and this time, they will be in front of the senate appropriations committee. that hearing is live on wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, also on c-span3. >> c-span, created by america's cable company since 1979 come across you as a public service by your television provider. >> next we have a press release with jay carney. he said u.s. officials are closely monitoring the situation. he also talked about the fiscal cliff negotiations and peace in the middle east. >> is everyone okay with that? [inaudible conversations] [laughter] we are talking about what extent a middle-class tax breaks for me to middle-class families. today at 2:00 p.m., people can ask the president questions on twitter with the hash tag my 2k. after that, this come in this afternoon from the presid
tuesdays, thank you gates testifies in front of the house transportation committee on the hurricane sandy response and recovery. we are learning what lessons can be learned from it. see his remarks at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. wednesday, more from mr. craig fugate eight. abel testified in response and recovery of the storm, and this time, they will be in front of the senate appropriations committee. that hearing is live on wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, also on c-span3. >> c-span,...
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i also want to note the statement made earlier today by sandy weill, the former ceo of citibank and he said earlier this morning on a "squawk box", cnbc's, what we probably should do is go and slit up investment banking from banking. have banks be deposit takers. have banks make commercial loans and real estate loans. have banks do something that is not going to risk the taxpayer dollars, that's not too big to fail. sanford weill, former citigroup chairman and ceo said today. i feel that is a very strong statement, stronger than the volcker rule, calling for the strictest volcker rule possible. a return really to glass-steagall and certainly the goal of this committee and certainly the treasury department is not to have this type of crisis again and the steps, your reaction to that and i feel a hearing, the statement is something, we should certainly act on. in libor, i would like to hear your statement about what you could do or what you couldn't do. england is a separate sovereign country. to what extent can our country impose requirements on a foreign country. and i would like to he
i also want to note the statement made earlier today by sandy weill, the former ceo of citibank and he said earlier this morning on a "squawk box", cnbc's, what we probably should do is go and slit up investment banking from banking. have banks be deposit takers. have banks make commercial loans and real estate loans. have banks do something that is not going to risk the taxpayer dollars, that's not too big to fail. sanford weill, former citigroup chairman and ceo said today. i feel...
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as sandy approached, pedro was very smart. he got his family and his children out. he got them to higher ground, to a safer place. unfortunately, he stayed, and the brutal winds hit his home and his community so hard, winds of unbelievable force, it blew his roof off, it collapsed the structure of his house, flood waters flowed in. with the rising water, he literally felt his life was at risk. he called his wife and kids to say goodbye. but he was a strong man and he endured. he actually was able to fight the storm waters and swam to safety to a neighbor's house. now, you'd think that was going to be the worst for pedro and his family but it's not. it's actually not. his house was completely destroyed. but as he's begun his efforts to rebuild, he's found roadblock after roadblock, challenge after challenge, and difficulty in that small effort of beginning to rebuild. he called his insurance company. his insurance is capped at half of the value of his home. he called fema. fema offered him $2,800. now, this is a man any of us would be proud to call our own son. he li
as sandy approached, pedro was very smart. he got his family and his children out. he got them to higher ground, to a safer place. unfortunately, he stayed, and the brutal winds hit his home and his community so hard, winds of unbelievable force, it blew his roof off, it collapsed the structure of his house, flood waters flowed in. with the rising water, he literally felt his life was at risk. he called his wife and kids to say goodbye. but he was a strong man and he endured. he actually was...
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with irene, with sandy. and so, you know, i think it will give some impetus to deal with climate change, but even if we can't reach compromise on that, there's lots of things in energy that we can reach compromise on, and that would be on the agenda. and the fourth thing i'd put on the agenda i talked about earlier in reference to your question, dave. maybe we can get some real financial reform. as i said, i think republicans are beginning to rethink super pacs, because they haven't been, they haven't produced the positive results they hoped for, and they have created negative results that they hadn't expected. >> yes, sir. >> senator, back on fiscal issues for a second. if a deal is reached before the end of the year as you hope, does that remove the need for more comprehensive tax reform next year? >> well, my view, and i said this, is that corporate tax reform should be treated separately. why? because to make corporate tax reform work, you should not have revenue increases. and, you know, you're putting
with irene, with sandy. and so, you know, i think it will give some impetus to deal with climate change, but even if we can't reach compromise on that, there's lots of things in energy that we can reach compromise on, and that would be on the agenda. and the fourth thing i'd put on the agenda i talked about earlier in reference to your question, dave. maybe we can get some real financial reform. as i said, i think republicans are beginning to rethink super pacs, because they haven't been, they...
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investments in infrastructure, which we desperately need after hurricane -- or we call it super storm sandy that hit new york, that hit new jersey, that hit connecticut, that hit delaware, that hit maryland. we now see that our infrastructure has to be what we call hardened, made stronger. we can do that if we invest in our people. so, madam president, the president has offered a very clear plan that takes us off the fiscal cliff that is fair. we have 27 days to do the right thing. the senate already passed the tax cuts for 98% of the people. all we're asking is for the house to do that, match us. then we can get back to the table and figure out a way to soften the blow of the automatic spending cuts. we could look at tax reform. and i want to just say this about tack reform. when our colleagues complain about tax rates and say well, we would rather close loopholes, watch out. in order to raise the kind of funds we need to raise to lower this deficit, you're looking at the two biggest --quote, unquote -- deductions. one is for your mortgage and one is for charitable, and i would ask rhetori
investments in infrastructure, which we desperately need after hurricane -- or we call it super storm sandy that hit new york, that hit new jersey, that hit connecticut, that hit delaware, that hit maryland. we now see that our infrastructure has to be what we call hardened, made stronger. we can do that if we invest in our people. so, madam president, the president has offered a very clear plan that takes us off the fiscal cliff that is fair. we have 27 days to do the right thing. the senate...
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sandy wile, said that biggest banks should be broken up. increasingly, this isn't a partisan issue. the ranking member of the banking committee, republican senator shelby from alabama, supported the safe banking act when it was a floor amendment -- when it was the brown-kaufman floor amendment. i've heard from more and more of my colleagues on both side of the aisle that they might have voted against it a couple years ago as a floor amendment but things have gotten worse. the idea is sounding better and better to them. this legislation would protect taxpayers by putting megabank shareholders on the hook for losses, ending bailouts for good. at a time of increasing fiscal restraint, our -- constraint, our nation can ill afford to waste precious taxpayer dollars bailing out our largest banks and their recklessness. my legislation would benefit the community banks that are at an unfair competitive disadvantage because megabanks have access to cheaper funding based upon the perception that the government stands behind them. that means studies estimate this support gives megabanks a 70%
sandy wile, said that biggest banks should be broken up. increasingly, this isn't a partisan issue. the ranking member of the banking committee, republican senator shelby from alabama, supported the safe banking act when it was a floor amendment -- when it was the brown-kaufman floor amendment. i've heard from more and more of my colleagues on both side of the aisle that they might have voted against it a couple years ago as a floor amendment but things have gotten worse. the idea is sounding...
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authorizization access from the andrews summit, which i didn't realize i had until the tree fell on our house in sandy, my wife went to the attic to clear it out so the guys could put a new roof on, she said what are you saving this stuff for? [laughter] and i looked and i thought, this is what i'm saving it for. [laughter] and my number is 108, and, you know, i wasn't the lowest ranking person there. and so, you know, it was a room where good food was consumed as people have already mentioned, but there was a whole lot of staff on and on until 2:00 at night sometimes, and very little, you know, happening in the way of progress until much smaller group the eight people largely without staff met and speaker follow foley's officers. there was an agreement reached in which -- as pointed out the hurdle half way down the track and was a symbol of progress. that progress in part was the result of misjudgment, i think, on the part of some important players. here i would say senator byrd was convinced that the caps that were part of the agreement and insisted upon by dick weren't going to work. they were mode
authorizization access from the andrews summit, which i didn't realize i had until the tree fell on our house in sandy, my wife went to the attic to clear it out so the guys could put a new roof on, she said what are you saving this stuff for? [laughter] and i looked and i thought, this is what i'm saving it for. [laughter] and my number is 108, and, you know, i wasn't the lowest ranking person there. and so, you know, it was a room where good food was consumed as people have already mentioned,...
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post or just a follow up on sandy's point come is intimidated to stand up there? >> guest: do your job come the thank you very much. this is our job, provides you information that you decide. you're american. you don't have to rely that the washington reporter and thank you so much for saying that. i am an immigrant. at japan make green card. i am the very -- the more people do say that the better. the "daily caller" is going to work. >> host: following up on the question. is intimidated to stand up there in any way? >> guest: is going to be broadband blaring. you're trying to ask questions. even i press conference. >> host: has he ever called on you voluntarily? >> guest: it would make sense for him to do so. "the new york times" guy is going to get a better question and it's going to get more to his friend and two similar friend. as rational for him to do what he does. he's a rational guy. >> host: merrie tweet said to you when you realize that if they miss timed question you can't rudely interrupting instead of waiting your turn. >> guest: mary, did he take any
post or just a follow up on sandy's point come is intimidated to stand up there? >> guest: do your job come the thank you very much. this is our job, provides you information that you decide. you're american. you don't have to rely that the washington reporter and thank you so much for saying that. i am an immigrant. at japan make green card. i am the very -- the more people do say that the better. the "daily caller" is going to work. >> host: following up on the question....
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one reason is, sandy, i think it was, indicated cannot be aryans to respond to credible threats of force. you looked at the hostage crisis it was resolved when the ron reagan was elected. you read the biographies of the hostage-takers, they act like a cowboy. their release the hostages the moment he was sworn in. it's not that well-known, but the soviets were taken hostage at their embassy at the same time. the soviets threatened to bomb tehran. their hostages were let go. it's also important to note that the iran-iraq board came to an end when the u.s. mistakenly shot down an iranian civil airline. the iranians thought, well, the u.s. is going to get into this war no-holds-barred and the ayatollah made a speech. during the poisoned chalice. the cards were such that he had to simply take the best deal he could. that recommending they bond in iranian airline. on to say their is a lesson there. they backed down in the face of a credible threat of force. at the same time, if you were the iranians your thinking to yourself, well, what can i learn from the example of india and pakistan? they
one reason is, sandy, i think it was, indicated cannot be aryans to respond to credible threats of force. you looked at the hostage crisis it was resolved when the ron reagan was elected. you read the biographies of the hostage-takers, they act like a cowboy. their release the hostages the moment he was sworn in. it's not that well-known, but the soviets were taken hostage at their embassy at the same time. the soviets threatened to bomb tehran. their hostages were let go. it's also important...
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she's supported by her husband, her fellow lawyer, sandy wineberg. again, congratulations rosemary for receiving the tobias simon pro bono award. madam president, i yield the floor, and i would suggest the absence of a quorum. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: i ask that lucy stein -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. harkin: i'm sorry. i ask the proceedings under the quorum call. i ask that lucy stein and sarah neumann be granted floor privileges. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: i've come to the floor today to speak about a truly remarkable american. a truly remarkable visionary, a dreamer, an adventurer, a doer, most importantly a young man who has devoted himself to service to others, far and above the normal call of duty. the young man's name is matt rutherford. this is matt rutherford, and i'm going to tell but him and his remarkable adventure and his feat that's been unparalleled. he's a 38-year-old ohioan and here's what he's been doing since june the 13th
she's supported by her husband, her fellow lawyer, sandy wineberg. again, congratulations rosemary for receiving the tobias simon pro bono award. madam president, i yield the floor, and i would suggest the absence of a quorum. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: i ask that lucy stein -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. harkin: i'm sorry. i ask the proceedings under the quorum call. i ask that lucy stein and sarah neumann be...
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is climate change going to take on a renewed focus on capitol hill in the wake of hurricane sandy? guest: i would hope so. for those who say that climate change does not exist, i hope they take another look. i have always been an advocate that we needed to address climate change. and that is an important part of the congressional agenda. but as you know, on the republican side of the aisle, there has been a lot of opposition to moving forward to addressing this issue. and i hope now that there's a change in heart, this should not be a partisan issue. on global health and of the military hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. still working on a few technical issues and we expect to get underway in a moment on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] it appears a will be a moment or two before we get this discussion started on the global health and the military. it's expected to start in just a moment hosted by the center for strategic international studies. we will hear from other new jersey congressman as he sums of the damage in his state
is climate change going to take on a renewed focus on capitol hill in the wake of hurricane sandy? guest: i would hope so. for those who say that climate change does not exist, i hope they take another look. i have always been an advocate that we needed to address climate change. and that is an important part of the congressional agenda. but as you know, on the republican side of the aisle, there has been a lot of opposition to moving forward to addressing this issue. and i hope now that...
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[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> the federal and state response to hurricane sandy continues. join us in just under an hour for today's fema briefing. the conference call will include fema chief craig fugate among others, you'll be able to listen to that live at 11:30 eastern on our companion network, c-span. and, of course, the road to the white house continues. now less than a week before the election. ann romney is in the swing state of ohio today campaigning for her husband, of course. you'll be able to see her remarks live starting at noon eastern on c-span. a little bit later this afternoon it'll be mitt romney in virginia at the farm bureau center in doswell, see that live at 2:15 eastern also on c-span. a little bit later the focus will shift to state races with a debate for candidates to represent rhode island's 1st district. watch that debate live at 7:30 eastern on c-span. and finally president obama is back on the campaign trail. we'll have him live from the university of colorado at boulder, and that's at 9 p.m. eastern. c-span will have that too. >> i regard medi
[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> the federal and state response to hurricane sandy continues. join us in just under an hour for today's fema briefing. the conference call will include fema chief craig fugate among others, you'll be able to listen to that live at 11:30 eastern on our companion network, c-span. and, of course, the road to the white house continues. now less than a week before the election. ann romney is in the swing state of ohio today campaigning for her husband, of...
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as we know from superstar sandy, people were out of power for weeks and weeks. this seems to me that is a way to help deal with what is likely to be, from what our scientists are telling us, an increase in the kinds and variety and veracity of storms that will damage our communities on the eastern seaboard in particular for years and years. so we're talking about enormous urban communities that are going to be crippled by weather, and we need to be prepared to deal with that. >> did you want to jump in on that? >> i want to go back to one. >> second. i think to help increase the number we have to lift up the teaching profession. we have to make teaching something people value and want to go into. right now there is a lot of criticism about teachers and criticism about unions and they're is a lot of low morale among the teaching profession. at think we really need to do more to encourage young people and people of color and people in inner cities to go into teaching. teach for america, i have nothing against teach for america, but it is not a long-term solution.
as we know from superstar sandy, people were out of power for weeks and weeks. this seems to me that is a way to help deal with what is likely to be, from what our scientists are telling us, an increase in the kinds and variety and veracity of storms that will damage our communities on the eastern seaboard in particular for years and years. so we're talking about enormous urban communities that are going to be crippled by weather, and we need to be prepared to deal with that. >> did you...
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i've got friends and family who are still suffering from hurricane sandy. imagine if you will similarly where a major urban area loses its power for, not just seven days, 10 days, 14 days, at seven, seven months. if the attack is so vast and so damaging that was his infrastructure with equipment is destroyed and can't be replaced. these are some of the threats that we've talked about in a government. these are some of the things our adversaries have talked about doing to us. and it's something that we have to certainly raise awareness and take seriously and do so expeditiously. >> host: should point out our guest is currently resident of a tech security company. why did you make the transition out of government? >> guest: that's a great question. i enjoyed my time in the fbi, tremendously proud of people i worked with, an omission that i was involved with every single day. i was eligible to retire when folks at crossroads can be talking, and while his mother opportunities to do some things in fortune 500 companies i chose to go to a small startup company be
i've got friends and family who are still suffering from hurricane sandy. imagine if you will similarly where a major urban area loses its power for, not just seven days, 10 days, 14 days, at seven, seven months. if the attack is so vast and so damaging that was his infrastructure with equipment is destroyed and can't be replaced. these are some of the threats that we've talked about in a government. these are some of the things our adversaries have talked about doing to us. and it's something...
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i guess it would be similar to the canadians and the germans coming here after super storm sandy and our own government did nothing which was pretty much politely ask what was going on. my question has to do with the risk in going into places around the world that need health assistance on a very critical level. this year usaid was booted out of russia. initially when they went there to help the russian people one of the first things they did was the help of the russians in extreme poverty. my question is, is the risks too much for us so that we would basically go and help some nation and then they would say thank you and don't let the door hit you on the way out? >> first of all, in the indonesian case, part of that is just cultural. they are far more sensitive to the question of faith than we are, so it's not infrequent that we would behave in a way that doesn't take into account their cultural sensitivity. but this happens all the time in life. i think you have to ask yourself what is the right thing to do, and you try and do it. if you make your very best effort and someone is ap
i guess it would be similar to the canadians and the germans coming here after super storm sandy and our own government did nothing which was pretty much politely ask what was going on. my question has to do with the risk in going into places around the world that need health assistance on a very critical level. this year usaid was booted out of russia. initially when they went there to help the russian people one of the first things they did was the help of the russians in extreme poverty. my...
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if you adjust a little bit for new york and new jersey having a really low turnout because of sandy, turnout in those states was 55.3. what i'd like, what i don't want to talk about is demographic substitutes. we are by the only people in the world who do not use exit polls were judging the turnout for subgroups. i am silent on that until six or eight months from now when the census bureau comes out with its current population survey and that's 90,000 people, much better and more reliable. when people say, you know, turnout went up between 18 and 19% of african-americans, that's too small a major to make that claim. we know that african-americans turned out in substantial numbers, and we know young people did not fall, have the same drop off as commenting, people predicted, including me. but i don't want to quantify. what i want to do is talk about something that is slightly different. our turnout increased beginning in 2000 through 2008. increased in very small amounts in 2000, 2002 because since 1996 and 98 were historically low turnouts. increased substantially in 2004, for a midt
if you adjust a little bit for new york and new jersey having a really low turnout because of sandy, turnout in those states was 55.3. what i'd like, what i don't want to talk about is demographic substitutes. we are by the only people in the world who do not use exit polls were judging the turnout for subgroups. i am silent on that until six or eight months from now when the census bureau comes out with its current population survey and that's 90,000 people, much better and more reliable. when...
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biological daughters were pretty well grown, we adopted them and that the group together has given sandy and i9 grandchildren this far. the youngest of which is less than a month old. when that little fellow commended the world, he was $51,000 in debt because of our national debt. while everyone in the generation fights over who among us deserves how much, who deserves credit for building what? and how much money we can spend on ourselves right now. who is going to stand up for our children and their children? i am just an old farm boy that got missed placed in the coal mines and wound up in business. but i grew up in an american farm you could follow your dreams and achieve success. but els i watched the basketball teams and youth groups and scouts laughing and playing in the gym behind my house, i worry about their america. the america which you and i will soon turn over to them. i will never give up on this country. i love america because of the god giving freedom that america represents. i ask you to join me in that belief and in this cause. i appreciate it and thank you so much. >>
biological daughters were pretty well grown, we adopted them and that the group together has given sandy and i9 grandchildren this far. the youngest of which is less than a month old. when that little fellow commended the world, he was $51,000 in debt because of our national debt. while everyone in the generation fights over who among us deserves how much, who deserves credit for building what? and how much money we can spend on ourselves right now. who is going to stand up for our children and...
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it is not even like hurricane sandy. it is not like iran getting nuclear weapons but it's very serious stuff and the worst thing about it is that it's so indiscriminate. it is so poorly done. it was never intended to be a way to cut spending. it was intended to be an enforcement mechanism, a disciplinary measure on the congress and the white house to make sure they got something done before 2013 began. and everybody thought, well, with this doomsday scenario in front of them they will surely enact a budget deal, and i think they probably still will but that was its purpose. its purpose was not just to cut government spending. >> host: let's take a look at some of the examples of programs that would get cut. national institute of health, 2.5 billion. the fbi, 742. customs and border patrol. the wic program. 543 million. federal courts, et cetera. the list goes on. national parks. what do you make of those numbers and size of those cuts? >> guest: those are pretty big numbers. i think, absolute numbers don't mean a lot to
it is not even like hurricane sandy. it is not like iran getting nuclear weapons but it's very serious stuff and the worst thing about it is that it's so indiscriminate. it is so poorly done. it was never intended to be a way to cut spending. it was intended to be an enforcement mechanism, a disciplinary measure on the congress and the white house to make sure they got something done before 2013 began. and everybody thought, well, with this doomsday scenario in front of them they will surely...
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[applause] sandy is like okay we have that but there's every other piece of evidence just so overwhelming, you know. you have to look at the numbers and take them as members. whether its temperature or the sea level or any of that stuff so we can't not believe it. but i do think -- i don't think anybody believes we are not having global warming. >> there are a few people that still say that. >> these are balances and the environmental damage will have no jobs you can just let everybody run wild and be under water unable to breathe and i think right now we are in a pretty good balance in terms of people's awareness and concern about the climate issues but still allowing these sources of energy to go forward with an employment at 9.7% and all these economics we've talked about all i do believe that with a lot of controls and what ever that our new energy sources are going to continue to be developed and that is a good thing. >> i'm going to ask heidi to make a final comment on the entire matter and throw it open to everybody years of get your questions ready. succumb heidi, the environment
[applause] sandy is like okay we have that but there's every other piece of evidence just so overwhelming, you know. you have to look at the numbers and take them as members. whether its temperature or the sea level or any of that stuff so we can't not believe it. but i do think -- i don't think anybody believes we are not having global warming. >> there are a few people that still say that. >> these are balances and the environmental damage will have no jobs you can just let...
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when superstorm sandy struck just last month, 120 soldiers from delaware traveled with heavy equipment to assist in recovery efforts in new york and new jersey. when hurricane katrina devastated new orleans in 2005, two of our c-130 aircraft left from new castle airport the next day, carrying the first of what would be 400 troops from delaware who assisted with gulf coast recovery. the national guard is resourceful, ready to serve and they go everywhere they're called. these are truly citizen soldiers. when i was the county executive of new castle county, delaware, we had as many as seven different county employees at different times deployed overseas, many of them police officers, called up for their national guard service, folks who are the epitome of serving at home and serving abroad. so it's with a very personal sense of the needs and the challenges when i thank those employers who recognize that even when they are not at their desks, even when they are not contributing to their employer, our national guard members are making a vital contribution to our community and to our countr
when superstorm sandy struck just last month, 120 soldiers from delaware traveled with heavy equipment to assist in recovery efforts in new york and new jersey. when hurricane katrina devastated new orleans in 2005, two of our c-130 aircraft left from new castle airport the next day, carrying the first of what would be 400 troops from delaware who assisted with gulf coast recovery. the national guard is resourceful, ready to serve and they go everywhere they're called. these are truly citizen...
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the president just sent us a 73-page report detailing how $60 billion in sandy funds would be spent. don't you think you could put together a list of spending cuts that at least, at least includes robosquirrel? we're still waiting. why? because for democrats, apparently, every dollar in federal spending is sacred. once secured, it can't be cut. that's why we have got trillion-dollar deficits. the truth is until the president gets specific about cuts, nobody should trust democrats to put a dime in new revenue toward real deficit reduction or to stop their shakedown of the taxpayers at the top 2%. as one liberal lawmaker put it last week, that's just the beginning. when it comes to deficit deals, the taxpayers need to trust but verify. on cuts, that means specifics. and, mr. president, on an entirely different subject, as we enter the final weeks of the 112th congress, one of the toughest tasks for me is saying goodbye to colleagues who won't be with us at the start of the next congress. so i'd like to kick it off this morning by spending just a few minutes bragging on my long-time fri
the president just sent us a 73-page report detailing how $60 billion in sandy funds would be spent. don't you think you could put together a list of spending cuts that at least, at least includes robosquirrel? we're still waiting. why? because for democrats, apparently, every dollar in federal spending is sacred. once secured, it can't be cut. that's why we have got trillion-dollar deficits. the truth is until the president gets specific about cuts, nobody should trust democrats to put a dime...
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how about sandy, pittsburgh? >> caller: yes. i have a question about cybersecurity and employment. i have a son who just graduated from college. he is $35,000 in debt. very computer oriented. what opportunities can cybersecurity give to young people coming out of college? where can they go to apply for jobs? and what kind of jobs are there? where can they go to apply and give the young people some inroads to how can they get a job in this field, cybersecurity and where do they go? >> host: thanks for calling. >> cybersecurity is actually one of the biggest job creators right now and will continue to be as people look at ways to take new innovative technologies and apply cybersecurity to those technologies. the federal government has on about looking to higher a -- hire a number of cybersecurity experts. the mike mechanical bill talks about workforce development and trying to get more sigher security experts on board. in addition to the federal government there are a number of defense contractors and i.t. companies looking for cybersecurity experts. >> host: broaden this cybersecuri
how about sandy, pittsburgh? >> caller: yes. i have a question about cybersecurity and employment. i have a son who just graduated from college. he is $35,000 in debt. very computer oriented. what opportunities can cybersecurity give to young people coming out of college? where can they go to apply for jobs? and what kind of jobs are there? where can they go to apply and give the young people some inroads to how can they get a job in this field, cybersecurity and where do they go?...
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of our own, just that the federal government is working hard to help those suffering from hurricane sandy or as the federal government provides critical assistance to people, communities devastated by tornadoes or drought or wildfires. just as congress stood by the families of those killed in the attacks of september 11, 2001, we take care of our own. we always will. so, madam president, as i said, at some appropriate time i will call up the amendment. in the meantime i ask my full statement and the letter i referred to be made part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. leahy: and, madam president, i ask unanimous consent patricia kluff be granted privileges of the floor during consideration of treaty document 112-7 and s. 3254. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. leahy: madam president, i ask unanimous consent dave yurick a defense fellow in senator blumenthal's office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the debate on the national information act for fy 2013. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. le
of our own, just that the federal government is working hard to help those suffering from hurricane sandy or as the federal government provides critical assistance to people, communities devastated by tornadoes or drought or wildfires. just as congress stood by the families of those killed in the attacks of september 11, 2001, we take care of our own. we always will. so, madam president, as i said, at some appropriate time i will call up the amendment. in the meantime i ask my full statement...
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and i thought sandy greenberg, issue still here? she's gone. i thought her advice, what she tells me is taken from our website on how to deal with internet online purchases was probably the most clear, succinctly advice on the subject effort. this is -- the red bars show the 10 cases i referred to. so the number of cases we've identified. now, interestingly enough, and i hope there's no correlation. this surge in cases coincided with my arrival at the mhra at the beginning of 2005. i don't think there's any correlation, but it led us into thousand 72 published our first anti-counterfeiting strategy as an agency. as an agency. what i would point out on this flight is the counterfeits are not -- a number of these counterfeits are life-saving products, used for serious life-threatening conditions. i think it's clear to all of us that there is no such thing as a safe counterfeit. at every stage the manufacturer is almost certainly going to be of poor quality, there's likely to be cross-contamination of the product, in greedy and in greedy and full
and i thought sandy greenberg, issue still here? she's gone. i thought her advice, what she tells me is taken from our website on how to deal with internet online purchases was probably the most clear, succinctly advice on the subject effort. this is -- the red bars show the 10 cases i referred to. so the number of cases we've identified. now, interestingly enough, and i hope there's no correlation. this surge in cases coincided with my arrival at the mhra at the beginning of 2005. i don't...
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the government says hurricane sandy had only a minimal effect on the numbers. although the weather prevented 369,000 people from getting to work, they were still counted as employed. >>> singer-songwriter james taylor will be at the national press club here in washington today. he will talk about election shun reform. c-span will have it live beginning at 1:00 eastern. at 7:00 eastern c-span will be live with a discussion on skilled immigrants. virginia senator mark warner is talking about a bill that will allow more highly killed immigrants into the united states. it will be hosted by the university of virginia. >>> we've had explosions of knowledge in medicine but we've not coordinated care. all these services we have end up having so many cracks that the cracks are as harmful as the diseases that we're treating and you got to step back and ask, you know, are we hurting people over all, i mean on a global level? what are we doing sometimes? and of course now we've got the institute of medicine report saying 30% of everything we do may not be necessary in heal
the government says hurricane sandy had only a minimal effect on the numbers. although the weather prevented 369,000 people from getting to work, they were still counted as employed. >>> singer-songwriter james taylor will be at the national press club here in washington today. he will talk about election shun reform. c-span will have it live beginning at 1:00 eastern. at 7:00 eastern c-span will be live with a discussion on skilled immigrants. virginia senator mark warner is talking...
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. >> host: do you foresee a hearing on sandy and its effects? >> guest: i anticipate that -- i'm not sure if it would be necessarily at the federal level, but i know in terms of this -- i'm pretty confident that, and i was a state commissioner, that there will be some ais accessments minimally on a state-by-state level in terms of, again, looking at, um, what was done and looking at and evaluating and making pronouncements as to what we can do better. so there will be hearings, i'm not sure if it's going to escalate to the federal level. >> host: minion clyburn -- mignon clyburn and paul kirby, this is "the communicators" on c-span. >> tomorrow night watch the election results from the presidential campaign along with key contests in house, senate and governors' races on c-span. up next, a house debate with u.s. representative and former republican presidential candidate michele bachmann and her democratic challenger, jim graves to represent minnesota's 6th congressional district. then at 9 a.m. eastern we are live with an analysis of the compet
. >> host: do you foresee a hearing on sandy and its effects? >> guest: i anticipate that -- i'm not sure if it would be necessarily at the federal level, but i know in terms of this -- i'm pretty confident that, and i was a state commissioner, that there will be some ais accessments minimally on a state-by-state level in terms of, again, looking at, um, what was done and looking at and evaluating and making pronouncements as to what we can do better. so there will be hearings, i'm...
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certainly in the clinton administration with tried to find a lot of other akin isms, both i and my boss sandy berger had leaders and staff members down to her office regularly. there were a lot of informal consultations i have to say i'm not here as a representative from the obama administration bet on libya the president called the congress down to the white house three days before he made the decision to intervene and we had extensive conversations. there i was a senate confirmed official. i justified it a number of times both to the senate foreign relations committee and the -- so understand it is obviously, there's an deeply felt in congress and i don't dispute that at all. there was not enough in gauge meant and i know exactly the senior republican, guzman harman is -- whether we have succeeded, the white house administration feels we are doing a better job than congress does but i don't dispute the basic proposition that there has to be engagement. there has to be dialogue to reflect and respect the confidentiality and the advice the president needs but also to reflect and respect the r
certainly in the clinton administration with tried to find a lot of other akin isms, both i and my boss sandy berger had leaders and staff members down to her office regularly. there were a lot of informal consultations i have to say i'm not here as a representative from the obama administration bet on libya the president called the congress down to the white house three days before he made the decision to intervene and we had extensive conversations. there i was a senate confirmed official. i...
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we agree to read sandy liquidity for the action sales for jpmorgan was acting as agent for mf global with respect to securities, custody with jpmorgan. this measure provided mf global with the quiddity on the fastest possible base is far faster the typical one to two day business days for regular weight site on the research securities trades. since the bankruptcy, jpmorgan has engaged with committee staff for its examination. among other items we assured her give on the events surrounding overdrafts at mf global had in accounts at jpmorgan london on the questions we asked mf global to make sure that customer segregated times were not used to satisfy the overdrafts. in my written submission, i explain the principal points of contact between mf global and jpmorgan. i also discuss the circumstances on friday the 28th that caused us to ask mf global to confirm in writing that they were in compliance with the customer segregation obligations. briefly, i took a lead in reaching out to lori ferber, ms globals general counsel and dennis kline does, good counsel and received assurances from b
we agree to read sandy liquidity for the action sales for jpmorgan was acting as agent for mf global with respect to securities, custody with jpmorgan. this measure provided mf global with the quiddity on the fastest possible base is far faster the typical one to two day business days for regular weight site on the research securities trades. since the bankruptcy, jpmorgan has engaged with committee staff for its examination. among other items we assured her give on the events surrounding...
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from a great group of colleagues from across our government, under secretary michele flournoy, admiral sandy winnefeld, deputy a.i.d. director don steinberg, samantha power from the white house, and others who are here in the audience. and on a personal basis, i want to say the michele flournoy, who has just announced that she will be leaving early next year from the defense department, what a valued partner she has been and a terrific leader for our country. and we will miss you, but we know your public service days are far from over. thank you, michelle. [applause] i also want to recognize all the members of our armed forces who are with us today. i'd like to give them all a round of applause. [applause] all of you and those who you are serving with and leading are on our minds and in our hearts this holiday season. this is, after all, a time when we are called upon to think more deeply about peace and what more we can do to try to achieve it. and we also think about security and what kind of a gift we can give to future generations so that they, too, have the opportunities that all of us
from a great group of colleagues from across our government, under secretary michele flournoy, admiral sandy winnefeld, deputy a.i.d. director don steinberg, samantha power from the white house, and others who are here in the audience. and on a personal basis, i want to say the michele flournoy, who has just announced that she will be leaving early next year from the defense department, what a valued partner she has been and a terrific leader for our country. and we will miss you, but we know...
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sandy a democrat. what do you think? >> caller: yes. >> host: what do you think of affirmative action in this case specifically for the court? >> caller: well, first of all i would like to hear the make up and see the makeup of the total top ten when she was denied because we so often have not only racial problems, we can have gender problems as well. so before i want to -- before we get into a big hassle about affirmative action and how we as black people or we as white people as a minority, we are not able to have a fair shot in getting into that college and also listening to the case may be they may need to reform. the racial ethnic of the and a graduate student body this is the university of texas, you can see the makeup in 2010, 2007 over 50% white. you can see that number going down in 2011, less than 50% white and hispanic, black, asian making up more of the student body at the university of texas at austin. >> caller: i see. >> host: republican, keith, good morning. >> caller: i have a question. i joined the conv
sandy a democrat. what do you think? >> caller: yes. >> host: what do you think of affirmative action in this case specifically for the court? >> caller: well, first of all i would like to hear the make up and see the makeup of the total top ten when she was denied because we so often have not only racial problems, we can have gender problems as well. so before i want to -- before we get into a big hassle about affirmative action and how we as black people or we as white...
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. >> guest: they talked to sandy while in terms of just that issue. i'm joking, but the fact is widely, the guy who tried to eliminate glass-steagall. >> host: citibank? >> guest: yes come into a mini poster to banks. you say and i was terrible mistake. but what argument there were too many regulations is verycommon what you see among some of the political congress, just absolutely no basis for it. i mean, it wasn't regulations, multiple regulations that led to the collapse. it was the fact is very little oversight. there was a whole mindset committee regulation mindset of financial services secreted in part the home mortgage catastrophe. one of the things we saw and spent sometimes added veteran center in south as florida and everybody knows a lot of the current veterans, afghanistan, iraq. what was interesting or how many veterans went back to the korean war, vietnam, gulf war 15, 20 years ago. a flood of these people were on the verge of losing their houses. a lot of the myths was putting people into houses. i'm sure there is some of that. but you
. >> guest: they talked to sandy while in terms of just that issue. i'm joking, but the fact is widely, the guy who tried to eliminate glass-steagall. >> host: citibank? >> guest: yes come into a mini poster to banks. you say and i was terrible mistake. but what argument there were too many regulations is verycommon what you see among some of the political congress, just absolutely no basis for it. i mean, it wasn't regulations, multiple regulations that led to the collapse....
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sandy recovery is far from over. in fact, it's just beginning. the people of staten island can turn to us here in congress to help them rebuild and recover. i think that if we, here in this chamber, do one-tenth of what the community did, came together, as countrymen, as neighbors, as friends, if we can do even one-tenth of that, and i know we won't be rebuilt stronger than ever. without i yield back and thank you again. >> very eloquent testimony. now we'll turn to representative courtney. >> thank you, senator. and again, the urgency of the situation was shown again displayed by the federal reserve which had its reports in from the 12 regions around the country. the good news is nine out of 12 regions were showing good signs of economic growth. the three that were for philadelphia, new york and washington. and it was hurricane sandy which was identified by each one of the governors as the reason why again, we've got really hits the sweet spot here in terms of a good package to help the critical part of america, strong economic growth. again, it
sandy recovery is far from over. in fact, it's just beginning. the people of staten island can turn to us here in congress to help them rebuild and recover. i think that if we, here in this chamber, do one-tenth of what the community did, came together, as countrymen, as neighbors, as friends, if we can do even one-tenth of that, and i know we won't be rebuilt stronger than ever. without i yield back and thank you again. >> very eloquent testimony. now we'll turn to representative...
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i've looked at this bill and there's many parts that are not directly in aid of any of the victims of sandy. look, my state was hit by that storm, not nearly as bad as new york, new jersey and connecticut and some others, but there are real victims of this storm. there are genuine needs and we need to fund those needs. and i'm in favor of making sure we do fund the needs that we have. but we've got a category of spending that is going out for construction for years to come to mitigate against dangers of future storms in future years and future decades. that might be very wise. that might be a very appropriate spending. but it's not an emergency. this is not sandbags around someone's house who is in danger of a storm. and that kind of infrastructure spending is the kind of spending we do routinely but we plan for it and we budget it. and if it is indeed the priority that many people, probably including myself, believe it is, then it ought to be weighed in competition of the other pressing needs and we ought to plan for it and budget for it, and that's all i'm asking. so is this budget point
i've looked at this bill and there's many parts that are not directly in aid of any of the victims of sandy. look, my state was hit by that storm, not nearly as bad as new york, new jersey and connecticut and some others, but there are real victims of this storm. there are genuine needs and we need to fund those needs. and i'm in favor of making sure we do fund the needs that we have. but we've got a category of spending that is going out for construction for years to come to mitigate against...